Hopa 37
1 Na konei ano wiri ana toku ngakau, maunu atu ana i tona wahi.
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Ata whakarangona tona reo e papa ana, te pakutanga hoki e puta mai ana i tona mangai.
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
3 E whakatikaia atu ana e ia ki nga wahi katoa i raro i te rangi, ko tona uira hoki ki nga pito o te whenua.
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 I muri iho ko te reo e hamama ana; papa ana te whatitiri o te reo o tona nui; e kore ano era a tauhikuhiku ina rangona tona reo.
Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
5 Ko ta te Atua whatitiri he reo whakamiharo; nui atu ana mahi, e kore hoki e mohiotia.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
6 E ki ana hoki ia ki te hukarere, Hei runga koe i te whenua; ki te ua punehunehu ano hoki, raua ko te ua ta o tona kaha;
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
7 Hiritia ake e ia te ringa o nga tangata katoa; kia mohio ai nga tangata katoa nana nei i hanga ki tana mahi.
He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
8 Haere ana nga kirehe ki nga piringa, noho ana i o ratou nohoanga.
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
9 Puta mai ana te tupuhi i te whare o te tonga: te matao hoki i te hauraro.
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10 Na te manawa o te Atua i homai te huka: a kuiti iho te whanuitanga o nga wai.
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
11 Ae ra, e utaina ana e ia te kapua matotoru ki te houku; tohatohaina ana e ia te kohu o tana uira:
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12 E whakakopikopikoa ana ano a tawhio noa, he mea hoki na ona whakaaro: hei mea i nga mea katoa e whakahaua atu ana e ia ki te mata o te ao:
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
13 E whakaputaina ana e ia hei whiu, hei mea ranei mo tona whenua, hei atawhai ranei.
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
14 Kia whai taringa mai ki tenei, e Hopa: tu marie, ka whakaaro ki nga mea whakamiharo a te Atua.
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15 E mohio ana ranei koe ki ta te Atua whakahautanga ki a ratou i tana, i puta ai te marama o tana kapua?
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
16 E mohio ana ranei koe ki nga paunatanga o nga kapua, ki nga mahi whakamiharo a te tino o te matauranga?
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 Ki ou kakahu nei ka mahana, ina whakamarietia e ia te whenua ki te hau tonga?
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 Ka taea ranei e koe te whakatakoto ngatahi me ia te rangi hei papatupu, ano he whakaata whakarewa?
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
19 Whakaaturia mai ki a matou ta matou e korero ai ki a ia; e kore hoki e tika i te pouri ta matou whakatakoto o te korero.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
20 E korerotia ranei ki a ia kei te mea ahau ki te korero? Kia hiahia ranei te tangata kia horomia ia?
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
21 Na inaianei e kore nga tangata e kite ana i te marama e wheriko mai nei i te rangi: otiia ka tika atu te hau, ka whakawateatia ratou.
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 E ahu mai ana i te hauraro te aho ano he koura; kei te Atua te kororia whakawehi.
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23 Ko te Kaha Rawa, e kore ia e taea te whakataki e tatou; hira rawa tona kaha; a e kore ia e tukino i tana whakarite whakawa, i te nui o te tika.
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
24 Koia ka wehi nga tangata i a ia: e kore ia e whai whakaaro ki te hunga ngakau mohio.
Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
